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The philosophy of life and death Ludwig Klages and the rise of a Nazi biopolitics /

Some of the first figures the Nazis conscripted in their rise to power were rhetoricians devoted to popularizing the German vocabulary of Leben (life). This fascinating study reexamines this movement through one of its most prominent exponents, Ludwig Klages, revealing the philosophical-cultural cri...

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Main Authors: Lebovic, Nitzan
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history
Subjects:
Klages, Ludwig
Life
Ontology
Philosophical anthropology
Philosophy, German > Political aspects > 20th century
Social & political philosophy > 20th century > Germany
Social & cultural history > 20th century > Germany
European history > 20th century > Germany
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 > 20th century > Germany
Philosophy
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137342065
Summary: Some of the first figures the Nazis conscripted in their rise to power were rhetoricians devoted to popularizing the German vocabulary of Leben (life). This fascinating study reexamines this movement through one of its most prominent exponents, Ludwig Klages, revealing the philosophical-cultural crises and political volatility of the Weimar era.
'Ludwig Klages is long overdue for a critical study. Exceedingly brilliant, highly original, and always unconventional, he has been called 'the most fashionable philosopher of his age.' Klages straddled cultural and intellectual worlds from the pre-World War I Munich boheme, to the Nazi elite, influencing virtually everyone of note from Simmel to Adorno. Nitzan Lebovic's singular achievement is to map the career of this extraordinary figure without losing sight of his paradoxes and labyrinthine itinerary.' - Anson Rabinbach, Princeton University, USA 'Nitzan Lebovic's study of Ludwig Klages'
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137342058, 2013.
Carrier Form: 320 p. : 7 b&w, ill.
ISBN: 9781137342058
9781137342065 :
1137342064 :
CLC: B516.54
Contents: Introduction: Where It All Began 1. From the Beginning of Life to the End of the World 2. Living Experience, Expression, and Immediacy between 1895 and 1915 3. Ecstasy and Antihistoricism: Klages, Benjamin, Baeumler, 1914-1926 4. Alternative Subject: Anti-Freudianism and Charakterologie, 1919-1929 5. Lebensphilosophie: Conservative Revolution and the Cult of Life 6. Lebensphilosophie and Biopolitics: A Discourse of Biological Forms.

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